Improvement in camp-stools



.B. F. LARRABYEE.

' CAMP-STOOL.

Pat en-t e-d Sept. 12, -1876 N.PETERS, PHOTO UTHOGRAPHEIL WASHINGTON D cUNITED STATES PATENT CFFIGE.

BENJAMIN LARRABEE, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEM ENT IN CAMP-STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 182,078, datedSeptember 12, 1876; application filed April 26, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BENJAMIN FRANKLINLARRABEE, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts,have invented an Improved Camp-Stool, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is to produce a convenient, portable, andinexpensive campstool or seat for use in camp, at picnics, or in anyplace where a chair or other convenience for sitting is not readilyobtained; and the invention consists of three rods or supports securedtogether by means of a ring at or near the center of their length, andprovided with hinged strips of sheet metal secured to the upper ends ofthe supports, and rods at the lower ends, and having short metal linkshinged to their ends, so as to holdthem open and at the same timeconstitute the seat of the stool.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a stool embodying myinvention ready for use. Fig. 2 is the same folded for transportation.Fig. 3 represents one of the metallic strips that form the seat. Fig. 4is a section of the supports where connected by the ring.

A A A are three supports, which are made of wooden rods or bars, and areheld together by means of a ring, D, passing through staples in thesupports at or near the center of their length. To the upper end of eachsupport is secured a piece of metal plate, 0, provided with a slot, 0. BB B represent short bars of sheet metal, formed with a curved end, (1,that connects with the slot c in the plate 0, so as to form a permanenthinge or joint. The other or free ends of these metal bars or straps areprovided with holes b, which are made to pass over and be secured byscrew-heads or buttons 6 in the upper ends of the supports A. Near thelower inner ends of the supports A are secured rods or stifi' wires E,attached at their inner ends to a ring, F, so as to enable them tobeturned upward when the stool is folded, their object being to preventthe lower portions of the supports from spreading too far from eachother or from the center when the seat is in use.

The metal strapsB are designed to be curved upward a little, so as torender them more elastic than if perfectly level.

The supports A may consist of small metal rods, or of metal tubes.

The metal straps B may be held in position when the stool is folded bymeans of a leather strap or an elastic band, and the whole stool whenfolded may be placed in a convenient case for transportation.

The whole stool may be made very light, and yet support any. weightwhich it might be required to bear. It can be carried with ease in thehand, orin a trunk when traveling, and will serve as a temporary supportin crowded assemblies where the seats are all occupied,

and where chairs or ordinary stools cannot be obtained. v

The straps B, which form the seat, instead of being hinged and formed intwo parts as B and C, may be made with a hole like b in Fig.

3 at both ends, and made in only one piece, each end fitting over abutton or head, 6. The straps which form the seats may consist of toughstrips of Wood, or of leather, if found desirable.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A folding seat or stool composed of the supports A, the metal straps B,and links O, the connecting-ring D, and the folding-rods E, constructedand operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

. B. F. LARRABEE.

Witnesses:

J. H. ADAMS, O. N. TUTTLE.

